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V-E Day see World War II

Vaccinations see Immunization; National Immunization Month

Val d'Or, Que. see Les ressources AUR Inc./Project Louvicourt

Valcourt plan see Unemployment insurance--Benefits, cut-backs

Valenti, Jack see Film and video industry--Distribution

Valeri, Tony (L--Lincoln)

    >>Abortion, 6264
    >>Agricultural products, o.q., 11489
    >>Agriculture and Agri-Food Department, 5043
    >>Auditor General Act (amdt.--reports)(Bill C-207), 2818-9
    >>Budget, S.O. 31, 17625
    >>Canada Business Services Centres, 5043
    >>Canada Communications Group, 5043
    >>Canada Student Loans Program, M. (Manning), 10640-1
    >>Child care, 5045
    >>Deficit, S.O. 31, 9998
    >>Estimates, M. (Eggleton), 5042-5
    >>Euthanasia, petitions, 6264, 9958, 14652
    >>Fisheries and Oceans Department, 5043
    >>Food, 5043
    >>Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions, 5044
    >>Government expenditures, 15826
    >>Government programs and services, 5042-3
    >>Government, S.O. 31, 4943
    >>Gun control/guns, S.O. 31, 13715
    >>Immigrants, petition, 9958
    >>Income tax, 5043
    >>Industry, 15826
    >>Infrastructure program, 5045
    >>Job creation, 15826-7
    >>Labour, 812
    >>Lincoln constituency, 811
    >>Lobbyists Registration Act (amdt.)(Bill C-43), 11739-40
    >>Monuments, S.O. 31, 5092
    >>National debt, 15826
    >>Old Age Security Act, Canada Pension Plan, Children's Special Allowances Act, Unemployment Insurance Act (amdt.)(Bill C-54), 7007
    >>Pollution, S.O. 31, 6510-1
    >>Protection of Personal Information Obtained by Certain Corporations Act (Bill C-315), 17619
    >>Railways, o.q., 10901
    >>References, maiden speech, 811
    >>Same-sex couples, petition, 11354, 12728
    >>Science and technology, 5045
    >>Sexual orientation, petitions, 9958, 10860, 11354, 13288
    >>Small business, 5926
    >>>S.O. 31, 1377-8
    >>Small Business Loans Act (amdt.)(Bill C-99), 15826-8
    >>Social security system, 5043-4, 5925-7
    >>>M. (L. Axworthy), 811-3
    >>>M. (L. Axworthy), 7956-7, 8071-4
    >>Stoney Creek Battle, S.O. 31, 13715
    >>Training programs, 812
    >>Unemployment, 812
    >>>o.q., 9654
    >>Unemployment Insurance Act (amdt.--excepted employment)(Bill C-218), 5925-7
    >>Venture capital, S.O. 31, 9055
    >>Women, 5926-7

Valhalla Society

    >>Government assistance, grants, etc., 1990 to present, qu., 17146

Valleyfield, Que. see Saint-Jean Baptiste Society

Value Added Tax (VAT) see VAT

Vanclief, Lyle (L--Prince Edward--Hastings; Parliamentary Secretary to Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food from December 6, 1993 to February 5, 1996)

Vancouver, B.C.

    >>General Motors Place, opening, Bryan Adams concert, S.O. 31, 14880
    >>Port
    >>>Ballantyne Terminal, restoration and reopening, S.O. 31, 13319
    >>>Gateway to Asia/Pacific region, S.O. 31, 9055
    >>Shooting incident, innocent bystander, S.O. 31, 3566
    >>See also Aboriginal land claims--Squamish; Air transportation--National hub, Secondary hub; Atomic Energy Control Board--Regional compliance offices; Authors--Citizenship and Immigration Department-sponsored meeting; Bessborough Armoury; CSIS--Housing allowances; Forestry--Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association; Grain transportation--Costs; Inter-Parliamentary Delegations, reports--Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association; Pollution--Organic pollutants; RCMP--Housing allowances; Unemployment--British Columbia

Vancouver Canucks see Hockey--National Hockey League

Vancouver Centre constituency

    >>References, 898

Vancouver Community College see Education--Second language instruction

Vancouver East constituency

Vancouver Grizzlies see Basketball--National Basketball Association

Vancouver International Airport see Airports

Vancouver Island, B.C.

    >>Commission on Resources and the Environment, S.O. 31, 1499

Vancouver Museum

    >>100th anniversary, S.O. 31, 3094

Vancouver Port Authority

    >>Casino gambling operation, proposal, legality, o.q., 2220, 2626
    >>Chairman, appointment, o.q., 2626-7

Vancouver Public Library

Vancouver Quadra constituency

    >>Green, Hon. Howard, Progressive Conservative government, former, human rights advocate, 87
    >>References, ethnic diversity, 87-8

Vancouver South constituency

VanDuyn, Herman see Forestry--Tree seedlings

Vanier Cup see Football

Vanier, Ont. see Franco-Ontarien Games

Vapour detection technology see Explosives--Plastic

VAT (Value Added Tax)

Vaudreuil, Que. see Women--Centres and shelters

Vaughan Technology Enterprise Centre

Vegreville, Alta. see Immigration--Applications

Vegreville constituency

    >>References, 255

Vehicle acquisition program see Defence equipment

Vehicles see Automobiles; Motor vehicles; Small Business Loans Act--Transportation

Vending machines see Currency--Two dollar coin; Tobacco/cigarettes

Venne, Pierrette (BQ--Saint-Hubert)

Venture see Training programs--Effectiveness

Venture capital

    >>Industry, importance, S.O. 31, 9055
    >>Investment funds
    >>>Bank establishing, $300 million, 17613
    >>>Quebec establishing, 12781
    >>See also Atlantic Venture Capital Fund; Capital gains tax; Labour Sponsored Venture Capital Corporations; Regional development--Investment; Research and development--Entrepreneurship

Verdun Optomist Club see Verdun, Que.

Verdun, Que.

    >>International kite festival, S.O. 31, 5206, 12673
    >>Verdun Optomist Club, S.O. 31, 6554
    >>See also Constitutional reform--Quebec consent; Post offices

Vermont, U.S.A. see Quebec--Separation

Vernon, B.C. see Hospitals; Women--Centres and shelters

Vernon, MGen Brian see Canadian Airborne Regiment--Third video

Vernon Jubilee Hospital see Hospitals

Verran, Harry (L--South West Nova)

    >>Canadian Armed Forces, 549
    >>>o.q., 1507, 8702
    >>>S.O. 31, 14446
    >>Education, S.O. 31, 3517
    >>Fisheries, Atlantic, 548
    >>Forestry, 548
    >>Government, 548-50
    >>Kilger, references, 548
    >>Mining, 549
    >>Peacekeeping Act (Bill C-295), 14058-9
    >>Procedure, divisions, recorded, 13655
    >>References, maiden speech, 548
    >>Same-sex couples, petition, 13813
    >>Sexual orientation, petition, 13813
    >>Small business, 549
    >>South West Nova constituency, 548
    >>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Jackson), 548-50
    >>Yarmouth County, N.S., 549
    >>Youth Service Corps, 549-50

Veselka Ukrainian Culture and Heritage Church

    >>Annual summer festival, S.O. 31, 14447

Veterans

    >>Aboriginal veterans, honouring, compensating, S.O. 31, 7725, 11290, 14639
    >>Programs, cut-backs, 2050
    >>Service, debt of gratitude owed by Canadians, 12299, 12555, 12604-5, 12607-8
    >>>Holland, display of appreciation, 12550, 12553-4, 12608
    >>>S.O. 31, 16357
    >>Veterans Affairs Department attitude, 12547
    >>See also Canadian Merchant Navy; Hearing impairment; McIntosh, Dave; Morrison, BGen George P.; National Veterans Week; Nuclear reactors--Chalk River; Peacekeeping--Canadian participation; Veterans Review and Appeal Board--Establishment; Vietnam War; World War II--Beaupré--Dieppe raid

Veterans Affairs Department

    >>Budget, cut-backs, qu., 7042
    >>Expenditures, 1168, 2062
    >>Leadership, lack, 12604-6
    >>See also Old age pensions--Information exchanges; Veterans

Veterans Affairs Minister see Veterans' benefits--Pensions

Veterans' benefits

    >>Aboriginal veterans, eligibility, discrimination, Indian Act conflict, 5332-3
    >>>o.q., 4827
    >>Allowances
    >>>Allied veterans, pre-war residency in Canada criteria, 11259, 11826
    >>>Doctor appointments, mileage allowance, reduction from 23 cents to 10 cents per kilometre, 11826, 13250
    >>>>Rescinding, request, o.q., 11813-4
    >>>Former members of resistance forces and allied veterans, 11259, 11422-3, 11431, 11826, 13250, 13264, 13298-9
    >>>Widows, ceasing payment, referring to other federal and provincial assistance programs, 11826
    >>Application process, 9436-8, 9440-5
    >>Budget, Feb. 27/95, measures, impact, 13263-4, 13298
    >>Education assistance program, children of deceased veterans, new applicants, disallowing, 11259, 11431, 11826, 13264, 13298
    >>Eligibility hearings, travel compensation, discontinuing, 11431
    >>Merchant seamen, World War ll
    >>>Petition, 15708
    >>>Prisoners of war, compensation, extending, 7890-2
    >>>>o.q., 6718
    >>>>S.O. 31, 2478
    >>Overpayments, 6966-7
    >>Pensions
    >>>And allowances, Feb. 22/94 budget measures, impact, 2062
    >>>Appeals, 12551-2
    >>>>Oral/written testimony, 12307-8
    >>>Application process, delays, backlog, Bureau of Pension Advocates, role, 12297-300, 12304-6, 12529, 12547-51, 12553-5, 12606-9
    >>>>Benefit of the doubt consideration, extending, 12549-50, 12606-7
    >>>>Documentation, delays, 12550-1
    >>>>Solicitor-client privilege, 12551-2
    >>>Basic service pension, establishing, petition, 6390, 9476, 10958
    >>>Disability pensions, 13496
    >>>Eligibility, 12552-3
    >>>Imprisonment, pension discontinued, 12308-10
    >>>Independent Quebec not paying, S.O. 31, 9900
    >>>Medical examinations, delays, 12548-9, 12551
    >>>Review, application alleging error of fact or law, 12310-1
    >>>Veterans Affairs Minister, influence, 12298, 12301, 12304-6, 12309, 12311, 12547-9, 12552
    >>Survivor benefits, eligibility, retroactive payments, limits, 2514
    >>See also Fleming, Mervyn Mathew